2020 Mississippi precinct and election shapefile. ## RDH Date retrieval 01/03/2022 ## Sources Election results from the Mississippi Secretary of State (https://www.sos.ms.gov/elections-voting/election-results). Precinct shapefiles initially from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2020 Redistricting Data Program. ## Fields metadata Vote Column Label Format ------------------------ Columns reporting votes follow a standard label pattern. One example is: G16PREDCli The first character is G for a general election, P for a primary, S for a special, and R for a runoff. Characters 2 and 3 are the year of the election. Characters 4-6 represent the office type (see list below). Character 7 represents the party of the candidate. Characters 8-10 are the first three letters of the candidate's last name. Office Codes AGR - Agriculture Commissioner ATG - Attorney General AUD - Auditor COC - Corporation Commissioner COU - City Council Member DEL - Delegate to the U.S. House GOV - Governor H## - U.S. House, where ## is the district number. AL: at large. INS - Insurance Commissioner LAB - Labor Commissioner LAN - Commissioner of Public Lands LTG - Lieutenant Governor PRE - President PSC - Public Service Commissioner RRC - Railroad Commissioner SAC - State Appeals Court (in AL: Civil Appeals) SCC - State Court of Criminal Appeals SOS - Secretary of State SSC - State Supreme Court SPI - Superintendent of Public Instruction TRE - Treasurer USS - U.S. Senate Party Codes D and R will always represent Democrat and Republican, respectively. See the state-specific notes for the remaining codes used in a particular file; note that third-party candidates may appear on the ballot under different party labels in different states. ## Fields G20PRERTRU - Donald J. Trump (Republican Party) G20PREDBID - Joseph R. Biden (Democratic Party) G20PRELJOR - Jo Jorgensen (Libertarian Party) G20PREGHAW - Howie Hawkins (Green Party) G20PREABLA - Don Blakenship (American Constitution Party) G20PREOCAR - Brian Caroll (American Solidarity Party) G20PREIWES - Kanye West (Independent) G20PREICOL - Phil Collins (Prohibition Party) G20PREIPIE - Brock Pierce (Independent) G20USSRHYD - Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican Party) G20USSDESP - Mike Espy (Democratic Party) G20USSLEDW - Jimmy L. Edwards (Libertarian Party) ## Processing Steps Precinct boundaries were adjusted as appropriate to align with county maps, supervisor districts, or prior versions of the Census VTDs. Precinct boundaries throughout the state were further reviewed with the voter registration file in effect for the November 2020 general election. Voting districts in nearly all counties were edited accordingly to align with reporting units in the 2020 election results. In some counties the resulting boundaries differ substantially from the 2020 Census VTDs. As these boundary revisions were so extensive only splits and merges are specified below by precinct. Some Mississippi counties name precincts after polling places and therefore change precinct names when polling places change regardless of whether this involves a change in boundaries. Precinct names were edited wherever necessary to match the November 2020 canvass results. In Kemper County an alphabetic name split of Scooba precinct was reported as separate line items. These were merged in the shapefile. The following splits and merges were made to align voting district boundaries with reporting units in the 2020 election results. Attala: Merge Northwest/Aponaug Claiborne: Split 2A/2B, 4A/4B Hinds: Merge 12/13, 16/17, 21/24, 26/87, 50/51/52, 67/89/90, 69/75, 94/95, 77/97 Itawamba: Split Friendship, Mantachie by supervisor district Jackson: Merge all A/B/C/D splits Jefferson Davis: Split South Prentiss 12/13 Jones: Merge George Harrison/County Barn Lauderdale: Merge 4/14, 10/15, 17/18/19, Alamucha/Mt Gilead, Andrews/Prospect as Gracepointe, Center Hill/Obadiah, Center Ridge/E Lauderdale, Clarkdale/Culpepper, Marion/E Marion, Russell/S Russell, Pickard/Sageville/Valley Leflore: Split Morgan City/Swiftown by zip code Simpson: Merge all A/B splits Tallahatchie: Merge Sumner 2/Webb 2 Walthall: Merge E Tylertown A/B, W Tylertown A/B, S Knoxo/Tylertown 3 Wilkinson: Merge Woodville 5/5A Yalobusha: Merge Two NE/SE as Water Valley; Split Scuna-Vann's Mill N/S Yazoo: Merge Carter/Lake City, Deasonville/Harttown, Dover/Robinette as Little Yazoo, Fairview/Holly Bluff, Midway E/W, Tinsley into Mechanicsburg/Valley